tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-71534584803657838592014-10-06T19:01:54.041-07:00Kilby Ridge FarmViolet and Mark Willis~Shepherds violetjwillis@yahoo.com
Phone(207) 726-4765
Internet Orders welcome on yarn, fleece and peltsKilby Ridge Farmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16695213447145806141noreply@blogger.comBlogger61125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7153458480365783859.post-53675130092017557122013-01-19T17:09:00.002-08:002013-01-19T18:14:34.932-08:00New UpdateThe last post was way back last June so now I need to do an update . . . Tomorrow we will be separating our breeding groups.&nbsp; We have three fine rams this year . . . Lennie, Woden and the "Golden Boy".&nbsp; I had to cull Hun this year.&nbsp; Nearly all of his ewes experienced difficulty in birthing this past spring because of his huge head and shoulders.&nbsp; Officially, he was off the charts in those measurements and I paid the price.&nbsp; So many want that big shoulder but you really want just the opposite . . . a long bodied ram with a nice rump!&nbsp; And that is the body frame that I am looking for in a ram.&nbsp; <br /><br />The Golden Boy has "IT" and he grew very fast last summer.&nbsp; I am taking reservations right now for ewes and 5 of our best ram lambs.&nbsp; Please contact me via phone 207-726-4765.&nbsp; I am keeping a ewe out of Pumpkin but every other ewe will be for sale.&nbsp; Elena gave me two beautiful ewe lambs (finally after 5 years of giving me rams) last year . . . but her ewes will be for sale this year.&nbsp; This is a very meaty and fleecy line.<br /><br />Mark is currently running for RNC Chair this week . . . will let you all know how this plays out.&nbsp;&nbsp;If he gets the requisite numbers of nominators . . . he will be the very first RNC Chair candidate to&nbsp;have been both a shepherd and sheep shearer:)&nbsp; I just love this because we need someone at that level that understands not only the "Grassroots" but&nbsp;those that understand our rural heritage and our constitutional rights. . .&nbsp; along with his impressive resume, education and&nbsp;current job in the IT field.&nbsp; Happy&nbsp;New&nbsp;Year to everyone!Kilby Ridge Farmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16695213447145806141noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7153458480365783859.post-41615631275099357392012-06-28T21:13:00.001-07:002012-06-28T21:39:35.417-07:00Farm UpdateLambs are growing . . . we had a 90% rate of ram lamb births this spring . . .So I don't have any breeding stock for sale . . . we had two rams reserved from last year and those are sold . . . our meat market is greater than what we have which is good . . . I am keeping most of my ewes from this crop because they are so outstanding.<br /><br />Unfortunately, Hun will be going to the butcher this summer.&nbsp; His lambs are HUGE . . . but they killed one of our ewes this spring . . . Icelandics do not normally produce 13 lb lambs and this caused birthing problems with a few of his ewes . . . I won't go into it but his huge shoulders and head are a big problem.&nbsp; Sorry&nbsp;Hun . . . you are just too big.<br /><br />Mark and I have been involved with the Ron Paul Campaign over the past several months&nbsp;. . . . we are both delegates to the Convention in Tampa . . . I am an alternate . . . Mark was elected as Maine RNC Committeeman Elect . . . and will be seated in Tampa after the Convention . . . he is probably one of the first National RNC Committeman who is a farmer and shears his own sheep&nbsp;in a very, very long time.<br /><br />More updates soon . . . . promise . . . first tomatoes from the greenhouse, basil now&nbsp; . . . two weeks we should have cukes and peppers . . . eggplants soon to follow.Kilby Ridge Farmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16695213447145806141noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7153458480365783859.post-46387190008550174642012-04-05T06:27:00.000-07:002012-04-05T06:27:02.990-07:00Pepper's Lambs 4/4/12<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-SPFM6NZXTf4/T32dbaJlTyI/AAAAAAAAAT4/R-tj2bpFud8/s1600/pepper+001.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-SPFM6NZXTf4/T32dbaJlTyI/AAAAAAAAAT4/R-tj2bpFud8/s320/pepper+001.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-EnftxSgF84A/T32djCsEWhI/AAAAAAAAAUA/RMG7DLqZui8/s1600/pepper+003.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-EnftxSgF84A/T32djCsEWhI/AAAAAAAAAUA/RMG7DLqZui8/s320/pepper+003.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br />Pepper did what she always does well . . . gives birth at the same time of day (always mid-day), unassisted,&nbsp;and predicably gives me rams. . . . yesterday at around noon I heard her calling in the barn.&nbsp; I knew she was in labor.&nbsp; &nbsp; <br /><br />Already one lamb was out and being cleaned off by Pepper and I could tell another was on its way.&nbsp; Sure enough when I came back to check on her the other lamb was out, cleaned off and nursing.&nbsp; Two nice sized ram lambs . . the black spotted mouflon ram weighed 7.5 pounds and the badgerface weighed in at 6.5 pounds.Kilby Ridge Farmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16695213447145806141noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7153458480365783859.post-30529627281619708262012-04-03T09:30:00.000-07:002012-04-03T09:46:20.901-07:00Manon ~ 4/3/12<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-C18uRv3HdlM/T3scS0RbjzI/AAAAAAAAATw/9Ya4HmBm5oE/s1600/manon+002.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-C18uRv3HdlM/T3scS0RbjzI/AAAAAAAAATw/9Ya4HmBm5oE/s320/manon+002.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br />Went out to the barn this morning and Manon was in the corner of my big stall . . . I said to her softly . . . "well looks like it is your time".&nbsp; She then turned around and I saw that her water bag was out and dragging on the floor.&nbsp; She had been in labor for quite some time and I got somewhat concerned.&nbsp; When I saw meconium, I knew that the lamb or lambs were in trouble and I immediately ran to the house to get my Son.&nbsp; <br /><br />Declan held Manon while I felt for a&nbsp;lamb in the birth&nbsp;canal . . . nothing . . .&nbsp;so I went in further and I found two feet which I&nbsp;gently pulled forward.&nbsp; They were locked up against the cervical opening.&nbsp; Then I felt for either a head or rump.&nbsp; Manon breeched a huge&nbsp;lamb last year so when I felt those big legs and what I thought was the rump I began to pull&nbsp;downward slightly . . . nothing came forward.&nbsp; I eased my hand in again and tugged some more.&nbsp;&nbsp;Something came through&nbsp;and I&nbsp;saw it was a&nbsp;huge head . . . at this point the&nbsp;lamb should come out so I waited for another contraction and pulled . . . still nothing!&nbsp; I was becoming confused and at this point thought that I had the rear legs of a twin and the head of another so I pushed the head back and started to feel around again . . .&nbsp;I felt one big body but could not tell if there was another.&nbsp; Manon and I were beginning to panic at this point.&nbsp; I sent Declan in to call the Vet.&nbsp; Manon then&nbsp;laid&nbsp;down next to me and rested her head in my lap.&nbsp; I felt helpless but then something told me to try again . . . just once more.&nbsp; With tears streaming down my face, I reached in again and pulled the legs and head forward&nbsp;one last time.&nbsp; The shoulders were so wide that there was very little space to&nbsp;work the body through the pelvis of Manon.&nbsp; I got the shoulders unstuck finally by&nbsp;slow steady pressure and muscles that I did not know I had.&nbsp; The&nbsp;lamb finally emerged&nbsp; . . . it was HUGE!!!!!&nbsp; 11.5 pounds with a very wide chest and the thickest legs I have ever seen on a lamb born on this farm.&nbsp; It coughed and began moving . . . Manon started licking it and talking to it while I wiped off his nose and face.&nbsp; I hugged Manon while she was talking&nbsp;and licking her&nbsp;lamb (I think she was also talking to me in a different voice&nbsp;from her lamb trying to calm me down as well:)&nbsp;<br /><br />Manon and her gigantic&nbsp;ram lamb are doing fine now.&nbsp; This lamb is so big he needs to practically lay down to nurse.&nbsp; Whew . . . the fear and joy of lambing season . . . and the big sigh of relief when everything turns out okay in the end.&nbsp; This beautiful ram lamb is available and is out of Hun.Kilby Ridge Farmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16695213447145806141noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7153458480365783859.post-31849000816009999302012-03-31T08:14:00.000-07:002012-03-31T08:14:15.499-07:00First Lambs of 2012<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-xOQ4IWtpyVw/T3ce__ZajSI/AAAAAAAAATo/qbCgMI4iyfQ/s1600/012.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-xOQ4IWtpyVw/T3ce__ZajSI/AAAAAAAAATo/qbCgMI4iyfQ/s320/012.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br />Declan did an early morning barn check and came back with the news that Pumpkin had two lambs at her side.&nbsp; She is usually the first to lamb.&nbsp; What beauties these are.&nbsp; Woden is the father as I wanted to bring out the fine fleeced moorit pattern in this breeding.&nbsp; The ewe lamb has sugar lips so she will be moorit grey and the ram lamb is solid moorit.&nbsp; The ram is available for sale and I may be keeping the ewe . . . just depends on if Elena finally gives me a ewe this year.&nbsp; The ram lamb weighed 6 pounds and the ewe about 5 1/2 lbs.&nbsp;Kilby Ridge Farmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16695213447145806141noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7153458480365783859.post-63955808591921790542012-01-25T13:33:00.000-08:002012-01-25T13:39:58.117-08:00Breeding Group Listing for Lamb ReservationAt long last I am finally catching up here with my blog. The girls are starting to have that "pregnant" look about them and the boys have finally settled down after some pretty impressive head butt contests in the paddock. We already have 5 lambs reserved (I am waiting for deposits on four of them right now). <br />We will only be selling the 10 best lambs this year for breeding stock - due to the high demand for our meat. Our farm has some incredible ewes and I will not be adding to our ewe line-up this year (that is . . . unless Elena finally gives birth ot a ewe lamb:) <br /><br />Lambs are due starting in mid-late March. Pumpkin was the first to go last year and I think she may be the first again this year. I will be listing the Ewes bred to each Ram following the photo. I have written about many of my ewes over the last few years . . but please contact me if you would like more information about each. Lamb reservations are taken on a first-come, first-serve basis. A non-refundable deposit is required to hold one of our lambs. Ewe lambs are $650.00 registered and $500.00 non registered. Ram Lambs are $500.00 registered and $350.00 non-registered. <br /><br />We breed for temperament, fine fleece, good health and conformation. Please phone me at 207-726-4765 if you would like to reserve a lamb. I request an initial phone call as it is much easier to get a read on exactly what you are looking for. Thanks so much for all of your support last year . . . we sold our of our quality Icelandic breeding stock and our meat! This year we are excited to offer cuts of lamb from our Farm Store . . . look for cuts to be available beginning in late August. Buy Local . . . . Eat Well . . . . <br /><br /><b>Lennie:</b> Pip, Bee-Bee, Saltie, Saltina, Hunnie, Daisy, Panda, Liz, Co-Co <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-4PDJvV_m0A4/TyBz6J_NFBI/AAAAAAAAATI/54WyjFCX8KE/s1600/breedingseason%2B008.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-4PDJvV_m0A4/TyBz6J_NFBI/AAAAAAAAATI/54WyjFCX8KE/s320/breedingseason%2B008.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><b>Hun:</b> Spike, Tolkie, Manon, Snugs, Sammie, Helen, Pepper, Penny, Ayn <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Lm6SE0n1qkY/TyBz6eJdD-I/AAAAAAAAATU/aOcedIlfeZo/s1600/breedingseason%2B006.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Lm6SE0n1qkY/TyBz6eJdD-I/AAAAAAAAATU/aOcedIlfeZo/s320/breedingseason%2B006.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><b>Woden:</b> Pumpkin, Elena, Sugar, Fang, Lil' Snugs <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vWuQ-LwT-fI/TyBz6pG7lVI/AAAAAAAAATc/XtMWhry1avg/s1600/breedingseason%2B005.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vWuQ-LwT-fI/TyBz6pG7lVI/AAAAAAAAATc/XtMWhry1avg/s320/breedingseason%2B005.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Kilby Ridge Farmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16695213447145806141noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7153458480365783859.post-85742670872149072942011-11-30T17:51:00.000-08:002011-11-30T18:12:20.110-08:00New Icelandic Shepherd Group in the USI am thinking about forming a new Icelandic Shepherd group based in the US with breeders that are comitted to marketing our breed to Chef's, meat to consumers, Fiber Artisans and potential new breeders who are dedicated to furthering the genetics and marketing of our sheep breed. . . .I am sorry, but this group will not be open to hobbyists or homesteaders . . .you must have recently registered and sold sheep either as meat or breeding stock to join.<br /><br />keep a look out for your Yahoo group invites . . . this will only be on an invitation only basis . . . Please E-mail me privately at violetjwillis@yahoo.com if your are interested in joining. . .<br /><br />Buy local . . . eat well . . . .Kilby Ridge Farmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16695213447145806141noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7153458480365783859.post-21050127417661178182011-11-11T11:30:00.000-08:002011-11-11T12:35:33.313-08:00Icelandic Lamb Pelts now in . . . just in time for the Holidays!!!!<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_5L83vXhSHU/Tr2HBd5Z9gI/AAAAAAAAARw/E0Bqd22ZSuk/s1600/skins%2B001.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_5L83vXhSHU/Tr2HBd5Z9gI/AAAAAAAAARw/E0Bqd22ZSuk/s320/skins%2B001.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5673839564831716866" /></a><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-qHkhj1nF4CI/Tr2HBTJnaGI/AAAAAAAAARk/K9wDhLkLX6Y/s1600/skins%2B002.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-qHkhj1nF4CI/Tr2HBTJnaGI/AAAAAAAAARk/K9wDhLkLX6Y/s320/skins%2B002.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5673839561946916962" /></a><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3Z_X6Qx-qK4/Tr2G3Z65lmI/AAAAAAAAARY/AV4Z469qips/s1600/skins%2B003.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3Z_X6Qx-qK4/Tr2G3Z65lmI/AAAAAAAAARY/AV4Z469qips/s320/skins%2B003.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5673839391965550178" /></a><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UVYJ_F3CKa8/Tr2G3LGBKjI/AAAAAAAAARQ/oav1zNFfw0Y/s1600/skins%2B004.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UVYJ_F3CKa8/Tr2G3LGBKjI/AAAAAAAAARQ/oav1zNFfw0Y/s320/skins%2B004.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5673839387985652274" /></a><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-47rIdhnomjw/Tr2G20uBHVI/AAAAAAAAARA/09Q92SxPznM/s1600/skins%2B005.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-47rIdhnomjw/Tr2G20uBHVI/AAAAAAAAARA/09Q92SxPznM/s320/skins%2B005.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5673839381979405650" /></a><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/--A_DuYVrcEk/Tr2G2sLUqUI/AAAAAAAAAQ4/dnJ3MwlXPQw/s1600/skins%2B006.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/--A_DuYVrcEk/Tr2G2sLUqUI/AAAAAAAAAQ4/dnJ3MwlXPQw/s320/skins%2B006.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5673839379686402370" /></a><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-66SwYv-qnJY/Tr2G2V8zpeI/AAAAAAAAAQo/ipROUObtnhY/s1600/skins%2B007.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-66SwYv-qnJY/Tr2G2V8zpeI/AAAAAAAAAQo/ipROUObtnhY/s320/skins%2B007.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5673839373719938530" /></a><br />I am so excited . . . the first batch of our lamb pelts have just arrived . . . they are very, very beautiful and BIG this year. <br /><br />We have 10 pelts which range from black/grey, white, black and white spotted (very graphic) solid black and black mouflon. We still have one Moorit Mouflon(brown pelt left from last year). These pelts are machine washable and are great for rugs, lap rugs, upholstery, fashion (would make some wonderful coat collars, cuffs and hems, And I can see some of these made up into knee or thigh high boots!!!! Wow, what a fashion statement that would make this winter:) Price per pelt is $165.00. Maine residents please include 5% Sales Tax.<br /><br />Please phone me at (207) 726-4765 or send me an e-mail at violetjwillis@yahoo.com to reserve one. I accept a personal check, money order, cashiers check and Paypal.<br /><br />Enjoy the photo's!<br /><br />Buy local . . . eat well . . . .Kilby Ridge Farmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16695213447145806141noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7153458480365783859.post-10793331622930391022011-10-25T09:09:00.000-07:002011-11-11T11:23:45.952-08:00Raw Icelandic Fleeces For Sale . . . Part 1<div>We started shearing our sheep over the last weekend . . and are doing something quite different with our shearing technique.<br /><br />Mark went to the shearing school at Cornell in March of 2007 and learned how to shear "New Zealand" style. He was really good at it but our sheep just hated being shorn this way. Most of them would fight after a while while in certain positions and it got to be a battle and after a while not only Mark would become frustrated but the sheep would as well.<br /><br />This year we decided to shear them standing up. No more struggling. Our sheep are quite calm and they are very good when I am handling the shears . . . Mark has been holding them for me as I shear . . 16 more sheep to shear next weekend and then all of our ewes will be done:)<br /><br />Breeding groups will be formed up the following weekend. I will be listing which ewes go with each of our rams at that time . . . after the groups are posted we will be accepting reservations for breeding stock. A $100 deposit is requested and you will be put on a list for either ewe or ram lambs. Just like last year, only our very best lambs will be available for breeding stock and we were so fortunate to meet so many new Icelandic sheep breeders . . . thanks so much everyone!<br /><br />We sold out of all of our breeding quality lambs this past year. It is strongly encouraged that you visit us and spend time with our sheep to see for yourself the quality that is produced at Kilby Ridge Farm.<br /><br />Below are photo's of our raw Icelandic fleeces . . .I will post prices . . . typically for raw fleeces we charge $1.00 per ounce for adult and $1.25 per lamb. We can only sell the entire fleece. (For pricing examples: Daisy's fleece would be $51.60 and Cookie's lamb fleece would be $21.25).<br /><br />Photo's show fleeces right off the sheep but I will be skirting them heavily before they are sent to you removing all second cuts (unless you wish to keep them), dung tags, vegetable matter and belly wool. We ship all fleeces via US parcel post with delivery confirmation.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vki3_RxjlhY/TqcHkkGgraI/AAAAAAAAAP8/af6qQBwLWYs/s1600/wool22011%2B005.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vki3_RxjlhY/TqcHkkGgraI/AAAAAAAAAP8/af6qQBwLWYs/s320/wool22011%2B005.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5667506980816727458" /></a><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-QoFvHf53HE0/TqcHeeVvdcI/AAAAAAAAAP0/oFFBCA5747Q/s1600/wool22011%2B004.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-QoFvHf53HE0/TqcHeeVvdcI/AAAAAAAAAP0/oFFBCA5747Q/s320/wool22011%2B004.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5667506876190782914" /></a><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-wjOXNttWAg8/TqcHeH8psWI/AAAAAAAAAPg/rxjTcvLLPQs/s1600/wool22011%2B003.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-wjOXNttWAg8/TqcHeH8psWI/AAAAAAAAAPg/rxjTcvLLPQs/s320/wool22011%2B003.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5667506870179967330" /></a><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CuumaM29rPs/TqcHdnW1gkI/AAAAAAAAAPI/sU5XHanVzec/s1600/wool12011%2B009.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CuumaM29rPs/TqcHdnW1gkI/AAAAAAAAAPI/sU5XHanVzec/s320/wool12011%2B009.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5667506861431423554" /></a><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-W52_MDFJz2A/TqcHdj_dbqI/AAAAAAAAAPA/hoe9fqg7Khc/s1600/wool12011%2B008.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-W52_MDFJz2A/TqcHdj_dbqI/AAAAAAAAAPA/hoe9fqg7Khc/s320/wool12011%2B008.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5667506860528070306" /></a><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-OH5Owd87k-8/TqcHJPLuoXI/AAAAAAAAAOk/wqnOAL1FtDE/s1600/wool12011%2B005.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-OH5Owd87k-8/TqcHJPLuoXI/AAAAAAAAAOk/wqnOAL1FtDE/s320/wool12011%2B005.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5667506511345000818" /></a><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-w8Teto8Ih5A/TqcHJN1utfI/AAAAAAAAAOU/PqkY4YJf-Z4/s1600/wool12011%2B004.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-w8Teto8Ih5A/TqcHJN1utfI/AAAAAAAAAOU/PqkY4YJf-Z4/s320/wool12011%2B004.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5667506510984295922" /></a><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-zFOT4oxfBh8/TqcHI-h9kVI/AAAAAAAAAOE/mUqjz6g_etw/s1600/wool12011%2B002.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-zFOT4oxfBh8/TqcHI-h9kVI/AAAAAAAAAOE/mUqjz6g_etw/s320/wool12011%2B002.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5667506506874851666" /></a><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-r9z3g8JOwfQ/TqcG2roR_KI/AAAAAAAAAN4/4GQ1oH5kDPE/s1600/wool12011%2B001.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-r9z3g8JOwfQ/TqcG2roR_KI/AAAAAAAAAN4/4GQ1oH5kDPE/s320/wool12011%2B001.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5667506192563436706" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />Buy local . . . . eat well . . . . </div>Kilby Ridge Farmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16695213447145806141noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7153458480365783859.post-6000097067760634932011-10-17T11:52:00.000-07:002011-10-17T19:24:54.313-07:00Open Farm Day . . . October 15th, 2011<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-XomDVfvtGA4/TpyGiVJMXnI/AAAAAAAAAMk/Ttirz-RPYak/s1600/openfarmday4.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-XomDVfvtGA4/TpyGiVJMXnI/AAAAAAAAAMk/Ttirz-RPYak/s320/openfarmday4.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5664550355674619506" /></a><br /><br />Around 100 people joined us for a sunny day of touring the farm, listening to music, taste testing our lamb and turkey, cider pressing, and most importantly hearing from our three speakers all talking about the the local food movement, and government crackdowns on buying clubs and raw milk, food choice and food sovereignty. The farm store was open and customers were able to purchase our full range of fiber products and produce.<br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-WaiquqpVOHg/TpyM3LPHJqI/AAAAAAAAAMw/4tpanwWMPmk/s1600/openfarmday10.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-WaiquqpVOHg/TpyM3LPHJqI/AAAAAAAAAMw/4tpanwWMPmk/s320/openfarmday10.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5664557310862108322" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-REb2CWeoabU/TpyNQkyLmdI/AAAAAAAAAM8/72y5O-uPtNM/s1600/openfarmday5.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-REb2CWeoabU/TpyNQkyLmdI/AAAAAAAAAM8/72y5O-uPtNM/s320/openfarmday5.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5664557747216816594" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_jU6u3gMBGk/TpyNwDA2QbI/AAAAAAAAANI/x-IVV3oAbF8/s1600/openfarmday2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src=//1.bp.blogspot.com/-_jU6u3gMBGk/TpyNwDA2QbI/AAAAAAAAANI/x-IVV3oAbF8/s320/openfarmday2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5664558287907340722" /></a><br /><br />Our first speaker at our Open Farm Day was David Gumpert . . . I am so honored that he was a guest on our farm. I discovered David's blog: The Complete Patient . .http://www.thecompletepatient.com., over five years ago. I wanted to know what the big deal was about drinking raw milk since we had just started drinking raw milk from a nearby farm. Our son was thriving on it and I just loved the taste . . . so much different from pasteurized milk. Our family has enjoyed very good health from drinking raw milk . . .I began posting on David's blog a few years ago and promised him a lamb dinner if he ever decided to visit our farm . . . as it turned out this year I was planning on having our open farm day the weekend of his visit so I asked him to speak at our event. Here is David's Bio: <br /><br />"David E. Gumpert reports and writes about health and food issues. He writes for a number of online publications, including Grist.org and Huffington Post. He is the author of The Raw Milk Revolution: Behind America’s Emerging Battle Over Food Rights, which includes a preface by Joel Salatin. His popular blog, The Complete Patient (www.thecompletepatient.com), has over the last five years aggressively covered a number of health and food rights issues, focusing heavily on regulatory excesses involving raw milk and food safety. It has been instrumental in launching a national discussion about restrictions on the availability of unpasteurized dairy products, and in highlighting an emerging debate over food rights." <br /><br /><br /><br />David's speech was the highlight of our day . . . <br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-yprEFzFrfyk/TpzKYEOLL4I/AAAAAAAAANU/ZK57sjgXzVw/s1600/openfarmday7.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-yprEFzFrfyk/TpzKYEOLL4I/AAAAAAAAANU/ZK57sjgXzVw/s320/openfarmday7.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5664624946124107650" /></a><br /><br /><br />Next up as speaker was Scott D'Amboise who is running for US Senate against Olympia Snowe. Scott and his wife have become very good friends. We gave them some of our chicks to start their own backyard flock a few months ago . . . Scott comes from a farm background and I know that he will be the next US Senator for Maine:) All of us farmers and independent minded Mainers must get behind his campaign . . .he is a real person . . . we know that all his hard work will pay off and that Scott will be the first US Senator with a backyard flock of chickens for many generations . . .<br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-38yLn12uss4/TpzMIMd-dPI/AAAAAAAAANg/ynytQsRGho4/s1600/openfarmday8.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-38yLn12uss4/TpzMIMd-dPI/AAAAAAAAANg/ynytQsRGho4/s320/openfarmday8.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5664626872483214578" /></a><br /><br />Bob St. Peter was our final speaker . . he is the head of "Food for Maine's Future". . . . and is a leader of the food sovereignty movement in Maine. Bob and other farmers were instrumental in the passing of Local Food Ordinances in Hancock County. I am hoping that this movement will take off . . . if we get over 50% of Maine towns adopting this ordinance . . . the state will have to listen to us! Bob is a small sustainable farmer like we are and Mark and I hope to visit Hancock county soon for a promised Farm Tour. <br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-4TgZjVS6ohU/TpzN1RnvBvI/AAAAAAAAANs/UL0Aet8laKo/s1600/openfarmday9.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-4TgZjVS6ohU/TpzN1RnvBvI/AAAAAAAAANs/UL0Aet8laKo/s320/openfarmday9.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5664628746472064754" /></a><br /><br />A Maine Seafood Paella dinner rounded out our day. We hope to do our Open Farm Day again next year. . . .<br /><br />Buy local . . . eat well . . . .Kilby Ridge Farmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16695213447145806141noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7153458480365783859.post-86761915187689263652011-08-23T10:50:00.000-07:002011-08-23T11:24:42.591-07:00Icelandic Sheep Husbandry 101 . . . Coming soon for all of the owners of lambs that were sold this year and last as well as for those who have Icelandics but have come across some problems or if you have any questions . . . I am here if needed!
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<br />We have been raising these sheep for six years and have been hugely successful with them. From the six gorgeous ewes and two fabulous rams that were purchased from the Lavender Fleece in Michigan . . . We are now up to 70 sheep (33 adults and the rest this years lamb crop. Our flock is now permanently closed as we now have 13 bloodlines to work from. We will do AI in the future if semen from proven North American rams become available.
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<br />These sheep are healthy, smart, milky productive moms, finely fleeced and that gourmet quality lamb is the best tasting lamb in the world!, . . . this breed is just as advertised.
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<br />The only problem is . . . all those run of the mill sheep raising books out there are not applicable to this breed. The Icelandic sheep has it's own unique requirements and I will be writing up my husbandry manual over the next week or so . . . and posting it here soon. These are all the tips I have learned from my own experience . . how to keep your Icelandic Sheep healthy and productive. keep checking back . . .
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<br />Buy local . . . Eat Well . . .
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<br />Kilby Ridge Farmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16695213447145806141noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7153458480365783859.post-23180575340261385292011-08-23T09:04:00.000-07:002011-08-23T10:46:27.076-07:00Availabilities for 8/26Please phone in or e-mail all orders by tomorrow evening . . . pick up will be on Friday between noon and 5pm.
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<br /><strong>Kilby Ridge Farm</strong>:
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<br />Basil, Flat leaved Parsley, Sage, Thyme, Savory, Dill, Chives, Tansy, Feverfew, Tarragon, Mint, Rosemary: $2.00 bunch
<br />Bag of Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme: $5.00
<br />Rainbow Carrots: $2.25 Bunch
<br />Baby Beets with Greens: $3.00 Bunch
<br />Beet Greens: $2.50 1/4 lb bag
<br />Winterboor Kale: $2.00 1/2 lb bag
<br />Ruby Red Chard $2.00 1/2 lb bag
<br />Purple Globe Top Turnips w/tops for braising: $2.50 Bunch
<br />Fennel: .75 each bulb
<br />Young Onion bunches of mild red and yellow chippoline style (flattened end) with substanial top greens: $2.00 bunch
<br />Red Cabbage 75 cents per pound
<br />French beans (very slender) $3.00 pound
<br />Brandy Wine Tomatoes $3.00 Pound (very limited)
<br />Basil Bunches for Pesto $3.00 1/2 lb
<br />Sorrel $2.50 Bunch
<br />Patty Pan Squash 50 Cents each
<br />(New Price) Italian Romanesco Zucchini 75 cents each
<br />(New Price) Saffron Summer Sqaush 75 cents each
<br />Eggs: $3.00 Dozen
<br />Duck Eggs: $5.00 Dozen
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<br /><strong>Olde Sow Farm</strong>:
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<br />Jersey Milk
<br />$3.00 per 1/2 gallon
<br />$5.00 per gallon
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<br />Yogurt Cheese
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<br />Yogurt cheese is a delicious creamy spread made from yogurt. It can be
<br />substituted in any recipe calling for cream cheese or chevre but is
<br />lowfat and very high in protein, as much as 25 grams of protein in a
<br />cup!
<br />$5 per 5 oz
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<br />Choose from plain or any flavor that I offer my yogurts in.
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<br />Yogurt
<br />16 oz jar $3.75 plain
<br />16 oz jar $4.50 Flavored
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<br />Flavors offered are:
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<br />Plain
<br />Blackberry Peach
<br />Blueberry Lemon
<br />Boysenberry
<br />Raspberry-Peach
<br />Blackberry
<br />Lemon
<br />Fig
<br />Strawberry Pomegranate
<br />Strawberry Rhubarb
<br />Blueberry
<br />Peach
<br />Black Cherry
<br />Raspberry
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<br />Olde Sow Farm Artisan Sausage
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<br />These are made according to my recipes, with spices that I grind and mix for the butcher, with pork from our Heritage pigs! $8.00 per lb
<br />Sausage in appoximately 1lb packages
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<br />Dante's Hot Italian
<br />Chorizo
<br />Bratwurst
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<br />Please return all glass jars and lids so they can be sterilized and reused!
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<br /><strong>Tide Mill Creamery</strong>:
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<br />Yogurt
<br />Lowfat Yogurt $5.00 per quart
<br />Whole Milk Yogurt $5.00 per quart
<br />Cheese
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<br />New! Green Flame Fromage Blanc $5.00 for 6oz
<br />Garlic Dill Fromage Blanc $5.00 for 6oz
<br />Sea Salt and Cracked Pepper Fromage Blanc $5.00 for 6oz
<br />Smoked Paprika Fromage Blanc $5.00 for 6oz
<br />Dreamy Onion Fromage Blanc $5.00 for 6oz
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<br /><strong>Tide Mill Organic Farm</strong>:
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<br />Certified Organic Produce
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<br />Seasonal Mixed Veggie Bag $10.00
<br />Salad Mix $3.00 per bag
<br />Summer Squash $2.00/pound
<br />Cabbage, specify red or green or crinkly $2.00 per lb
<br />Zucchini $2.00/pound
<br />New Potatoes from Levesque Family Farm $2.50 per lb
<br />Kale$2.50/bunch
<br />Large Sweet Onions $2.00 per lb
<br />Sweet, Green Peppers $3.00 per lb
<br />Hot Peppers .50 each
<br />Basil $1.50 1/8lb bag
<br />Parsley $1.50/bunch
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<br />﻿﻿Certified Organic Pasture Raised Dairy
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<br />Ricotta, Made by Garden Side Dairy with TMOF milk...NOW AVAILABLE FRESH UPON REQUEST
<br />$6.50 per lb
<br />Order your whole milk yogurt from Tide Mill Creamery!
<br />Whole, raw milk in 1/2 Gallon Glass Ball Jars $3.50 per 1/2 gallon
<br />Whole, Raw Milk (in a Recyclable plastic pint) $2.00 per pint
<br />Whole, Raw Milk in Recyclable Plastic Gallon Jugs $5.50 /gallon
<br />Whole, raw milk in Recyclable Plastic 1/2 Gallon Jugs $3.00 per half gallon
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<br />**NEW**
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<br />Chocolate Milk Pint~~~$3.00
<br />Ingredients: organic Tide Mill whole milk, organic evaporated cane juice and organic chocolate
<br />Certified Organic Meat
<br />Certified Organic. Fresh Chicken~Beef and Pork frozen
<br />For our meats: If you buy 25 lbs or more you get a .25 cents per pound discount. Buying 50 lbs gets you a discount of $.50 per pound.
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<br />CHICKEN:
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<br />Whole Chicken,~ 3.25 - 4.5 lbs $4.50 per lb
<br />Boneless, skinless breasts. Usually, two breasts per package ~ 1.0-.1.25 lbs $10.00 per lb
<br />Whole breasts, ~1.5 - 2.5 lbs $7.50 per lb
<br />Half Chickens, one per package, ~1.75 -2.75 lbs $4.75 per lb
<br />Drumsticks, 6 per package, ~ 1.75 - 2.25 lbs $4.00per lb
<br />Wings, 12 per package, ~2.0 - 3.00 lbs $4.00 per lb
<br />Leg/thigh Quarters: 2 per package, ~1.75-2.50 lbs $4.75 per lb
<br />Thighs:
<br />Two or four thighs per package. 2 Thighs weigh ~ .50 - .75 lbs $5.50 per lb
<br />Backs, 4 per package, ~ 4.00 lbs $1.00 per lb
<br />Necks, ~2.0 - 3.0 lbs per package $2.00 per lb
<br />Chicken Liver, ~1.00 packages $5.00 per lb
<br />Chicken hearts, ~.75 lb packages $5.00 per lb
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<br />BEEF
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<br />Ground beef $5.25 per lb
<br />Tenderloin Steaks $15.00 per lb
<br />NY Strip Steaks $14.00 per lb
<br />T-bone Steaks $15.00 per lb
<br />Ribeye $13.00 per lb
<br />NY Sirloin Steaks $11.00 per lb
<br />Sirloin Tip Steaks $10.00 per lb
<br />Beef Liver $3.00 per lb
<br />Prime Rib Roasts, approximately 3 lbs $13.00 per lb
<br />Beef Roasts (top round, sirloin) $6.00 per lb
<br />Beef short ribs $5.00 per lb
<br />Bulk beef bones (large bones with little meat) $1.00 per lb
<br />Suet (Beef Fat) Great for feeding birds and for making soap $1.00 per lb
<br />Soup Bones 1/2lb---1 lb packages of a cross section of marrow bone and meat $3.00 per lb
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<br />﻿﻿PORK
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<br />Pork Chops $8.00 per lb
<br />Boneless pork chops $10.00 per lb
<br />Thick Pork Chops $8.00 per lb
<br />Pork Rack of Ribs $6.00 per lb
<br />Pork Sausage (please specify breakfast, hot or chorizo) $8.00 per lb
<br />Pork Country Ribs $8.00 per lb
<br />Pork Shoulder Roast $6.00 per lb
<br />Pork Loin Roast $8.00 per lb
<br />Boneless Pork Loin Roast ~3lb $9.50 per lb
<br />Ground pork $7.00 per lb
<br />Ham Hocks $3.00 per lb
<br />Nitrate-free Smoked Ham Roasts $8.50 per lb
<br />Nitrate-free Smoked Ham Steaks $9.00 per lb
<br />Nitrate-free Smoked Bacon $11.00 per lb
<br />Fat back $1.00 per lb
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<br />Buy local . . . . Eat Well . . . .
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<br />Kilby Ridge Farmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16695213447145806141noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7153458480365783859.post-19195728220570302302011-08-09T11:37:00.000-07:002011-08-09T11:55:09.748-07:00Buying Club Availabilities For 8/12Lots of new produce available on our farm this week. . . . Here is our list:
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<br />Basil, Flat leaved Parsley, Sage, Thyme, Savory, Dill, Chives, Tansy, Feverfew, Tarragon, Mint, Rosemary: $2.00 bunch
<br />Bag of Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme: $5.00
<br />Rainbow Carrots: $2.25 Bunch
<br />Baby Beets with Greens: $3.00 Bunch
<br />Beet Greens: $2.50 1/4 lb bag
<br />Winterboor Kale: $2.00 1/2 lb bag
<br />Ruby Red Chard $2.00 1/2 lb bag
<br />Heirloom Lettuce Mix $2.50 1/4 lb (very limited right now)
<br />Purple Globe Top Turnips w/tops for braising: $2.50 Bunch
<br />Pasture Raised Eggs: $3.00 dozen
<br />Fennel: .75 each bulb
<br />Baby Zucchini and Saffron Summer Squash: $1.25 each
<br />Young Onion bunches of mild red and yellow chippoline style (flattened end) with substanial top greens: $2.00 bunch
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<br /><strong>Tide Mill Organic Farm:</strong>
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<br />Certified Organic, Maine Raised Produce
<br />VARIETY MIXED VEGGIE BAG $10 / BAG
<br />Salad Mix $3.00 per bag
<br />Beans, green $3.00 per lb
<br />Beans, burgandy $3.00 per lb
<br />Brocolli $2.50 per bag
<br />Summer Squash $2.00/pound
<br />Pickling Cucumbers $2.00 per lb
<br />Zucchini $2.00/pound
<br />New Potatoes from Levesque Family Farm $2.50 per lb
<br />Kale$2.50/bunch
<br />Swiss Chard $2.50/bunch
<br />Young Onions $2.50/bunch
<br />Parsley $1.50/bunch
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<br />﻿﻿Certified Organic Pasture Raised Dairy
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<br />Ricotta, Made by Garden Side Dairy with TMOF milk...NOW AVAILABLE FRESH UPON REQUEST
<br />$6.50 per lb
<br />Order your whole milk yogurt from Tide Mill Creamery!
<br />Whole, raw milk in 1/2 Gallon Glass Ball Jars $3.50 per 1/2 gallon
<br />Whole, Raw Milk (in a Recyclable plastic pint) $2.00 per pint
<br />Whole, Raw Milk in Recyclable Plastic Gallon Jugs $5.50 /gallon
<br />Whole, raw milk in Recyclable Plastic 1/2 Gallon Jugs $3.00 per half gallon
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<br />**NEW**
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<br />Chocolate Milk Pint~~~$3.00
<br />Ingredients: organic Tide Mill whole milk, organic evaporated cane juice and organic chocolate
<br />Certified Organic Meat
<br />Certified Organic. Fresh Chicken~Beef and Pork frozen
<br />For our meats: If you buy 25 lbs or more you get a .25 cents per pound discount. Buying 50 lbs gets you a discount of $.50 per pound.
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<br />CHICKEN:
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<br />Whole Chicken,~ 3.25 - 4.5 lbs $4.50 per lb
<br />Boneless, skinless breasts. Usually, two breasts per package ~ 1.0-.1.25 lbs $10.00 per lb
<br />Whole breasts, ~1.5 - 2.5 lbs $7.50 per lb
<br />Half Chickens, one per package, ~1.75 -2.75 lbs $4.75 per lb
<br />Drumsticks, 6 per package, ~ 1.75 - 2.25 lbs $4.00per lb
<br />Wings, 12 per package, ~2.0 - 3.00 lbs $4.00 per lb
<br />Leg/thigh Quarters: 2 per package, ~1.75-2.50 lbs $4.75 per lb
<br />Thighs:
<br />Two or four thighs per package. 2 Thighs weigh ~ .50 - .75 lbs $5.50 per lb
<br />Backs, 4 per package, ~ 4.00 lbs $1.00 per lb
<br />Necks, ~2.0 - 3.0 lbs per package $2.00 per lb
<br />Chicken Liver, ~1.00 packages $5.00 per lb
<br />Chicken hearts, ~.75 lb packages $5.00 per lb
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<br />BEEF
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<br />Ground beef $5.25 per lb
<br />Tenderloin Steaks $15.00 per lb
<br />NY Strip Steaks $14.00 per lb
<br />T-bone Steaks $15.00 per lb
<br />Ribeye $13.00 per lb
<br />NY Sirloin Steaks $11.00 per lb
<br />Sirloin Tip Steaks $10.00 per lb
<br />Beef Liver $3.00 per lb
<br />Prime Rib Roasts, approximately 3 lbs $13.00 per lb
<br />Beef Roasts (top round, sirloin) $6.00 per lb
<br />Beef short ribs $5.00 per lb
<br />Bulk beef bones (large bones with little meat) $1.00 per lb
<br />Suet (Beef Fat) Great for feeding birds and for making soap $1.00 per lb
<br />Soup Bones 1/2lb---1 lb packages of a cross section of marrow bone and meat $3.00 per lb
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<br />﻿﻿PORK
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<br />Pork Chops $8.00 per lb
<br />Boneless pork chops $10.00 per lb
<br />Thick Pork Chops $8.00 per lb
<br />Pork Rack of Ribs $6.00 per lb
<br />Pork Sausage (please specify breakfast, hot or chorizo) $8.00 per lb
<br />Pork Country Ribs $8.00 per lb
<br />Pork Shoulder Roast $6.00 per lb
<br />Pork Loin Roast $8.00 per lb
<br />Boneless Pork Loin Roast ~3lb $9.50 per lb
<br />Ground pork $7.00 per lb
<br />Ham Hocks $3.00 per lb
<br />Nitrate-free Smoked Ham Roasts $8.50 per lb
<br />Nitrate-free Smoked Ham Steaks $9.00 per lb
<br />Nitrate-free Smoked Bacon $11.00 per lb
<br />Fat back $1.00 per lb
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<br /><strong>Olde Sow Farm:</strong>
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<br />Jersey Milk
<br />$3.00 per 1/2 gallon
<br />$5.00 per gallon
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<br />Yogurt Cheese
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<br />Yogurt cheese is a delicious creamy spread made from yogurt. It can be
<br />substituted in any recipe calling for cream cheese or chevre but is
<br />lowfat and very high in protein, as much as 25 grams of protein in a
<br />cup!
<br />$5 per 5 oz
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<br />Choose from plain or any flavor that I offer my yogurts in.
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<br />Yogurt
<br />16 oz jar $3.75 plain
<br />16 oz jar $4.50 Flavored
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<br />Flavors offered are:
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<br />Plain
<br />Blackberry Peach
<br />Blueberry Lemon
<br />Boysenberry
<br />Raspberry-Peach
<br />Blackberry
<br />Lemon
<br />Fig
<br />Strawberry Pomegranate
<br />Strawberry Rhubarb
<br />Blueberry
<br />Peach
<br />Black Cherry
<br />Raspberry
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<br />Olde Sow Farm Artisan Sausage
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<br />These are made according to my recipes, with spices that I grind and mix for the butcher, with pork from our Heritage pigs! $8.00 per lb
<br />Sausage in appoximately 1lb packages
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<br />Dante's Hot Italian
<br />Chorizo
<br />Bratwurst
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<br />Please return all glass jars and lids so they can be sterilized and reused!
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<br /><strong>Tide Mill Creamery:</strong>
<br />Yogurt
<br />Lowfat Yogurt $5.00 per quart
<br />Whole Milk Yogurt $5.00 per quart
<br />Cheese
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<br />New! Green Flame Fromage Blanc $5.00 for 6oz
<br />Garlic Dill Fromage Blanc $5.00 for 6oz
<br />Sea Salt and Cracked Pepper Fromage Blanc $5.00 for 6oz
<br />Smoked Paprika Fromage Blanc $5.00 for 6oz
<br />Dreamy Onion Fromage Blanc $5.00 for 6oz
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<br />Please either phone in or e-mail your order by noon tomorrow. Thank you so much for your orders!
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<br />Buy local . . . . eat well . . . .
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<br />Kilby Ridge Farmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16695213447145806141noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7153458480365783859.post-29231348348769482472011-06-11T07:56:00.000-07:002011-06-11T08:49:56.672-07:00Garden Update<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-P1sFbxWErcw/TfOGR8jOdvI/AAAAAAAAAMA/cpOn-J_0yjY/s1600/garden%2B001.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-P1sFbxWErcw/TfOGR8jOdvI/AAAAAAAAAMA/cpOn-J_0yjY/s320/garden%2B001.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616980803130914546" /></a><br /><br /><br />Above is the photo of our lettuce bed. It is a test bed for our greenhouse. <br /><br />All of the lettuces were self sown at the end of April. The lettuces grew quite well under the cool rainy weather in May and they are now ready to harvest.<br /><br />Here are the name the lettuces from front to back:<br /><br /> . . . . de Morges Braun Lettuce<br /> . . . . Summer Lettuce Mix<br /> . . . . Flashy Green Butter Oak Lettuce<br /> . . . . Claytonia<br /> . . . . les Orielles du Diable Lettuce<br /> . . . . Tres Fine Maraichere Olesh Endive<br /> . . . . Forellenshluss Lettuce<br /> . . . . Cracoviensis Lettuce<br /><br />We also have some wonderful spinach ready for harvest. All of the vegetable beds around the house have finally been planted. We are opening up a 1/4 acre garden towards the back of our property. This is where the potatoes, corn, beans, more onions, Hubbard squash and more pumpkins will be planted early next week. We are about two weeks behind due to all the rain . . . . but the weather has been warm over the last week so the soils are now at optimal temperature for germination.<br /><br />Right now we have all of our root vegetables (beets, carrots, turnips, radishes and onions).<br />Fennel<br />Peas<br />Tomatoes (heavy on the Brandywine variety which is my favorite!)<br />Peppers<br />Eggplant<br />Brassica's (Cauliflower, Broccoli, Red Cabbage, Tuscan and Winterboor Kale, Summer Squashes, Cucumbers, Melons, Pumpkins and Winter Squash<br />Red Cutting Celery<br />Basil<br />Garlic<br /><br />All varieties that have been planted are open pollinated so I can save seeds from year to year.<br /><br />Our greenhouse arrived yesterday . . . it is gothic style . . . 72 feet by 20 feet. Mark is planning on putting our greenhouse up over the next several weeks. It will be planted in August for winter harvest. I am going to use Eliot Coleman's ideas with a few tweaks of my own. I am really excited because this will open up our winter market and provide local fresh greens in the winter for my customers.<br /><br />Back to the garden . . . . <br /><br />Buy local . . . . eat well . . . . .Kilby Ridge Farmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16695213447145806141noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7153458480365783859.post-47533962087994277322011-05-17T12:06:00.000-07:002011-05-17T12:30:55.069-07:00Icelandic Lamb Photo's<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-K5RxHnqZP7k/TdLJWvs1uuI/AAAAAAAAALU/8DuS7hUP8VE/s1600/springlamb%2B001.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-K5RxHnqZP7k/TdLJWvs1uuI/AAAAAAAAALU/8DuS7hUP8VE/s320/springlamb%2B001.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607765878628530914" /></a><br /><br />Gosh these lambs are getting big. This first photo is Pepper's boy who was born on March 29th. He is standing alongside of Sugar who was just shorn a few days ago. This big guy weighs nearly 60 lbs! That's an average of 10 lbs of growth per week. Even my twins are huge this year. <br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-8wCyTLEIQ7I/TdLJjbbBuaI/AAAAAAAAALc/03bqhD-bdow/s1600/springlamb%2B002.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-8wCyTLEIQ7I/TdLJjbbBuaI/AAAAAAAAALc/03bqhD-bdow/s320/springlamb%2B002.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607766096523409826" /></a><br /><br /><br />Tolkie's ewes are now 40+ pounds each and they are both built like little tanks with a meaty long lined body. <br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-gjO14zGiWSA/TdLJqFZF88I/AAAAAAAAALk/mXzbatoC_lc/s1600/springlamb%2B003.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-gjO14zGiWSA/TdLJqFZF88I/AAAAAAAAALk/mXzbatoC_lc/s320/springlamb%2B003.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607766210868802498" /></a><br /><br />Sumo is pictured above. He is a gorgeous black/grey ram lamb with an outstanding fleece, build and temperament. Liz is his mom.<br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mXHRA_f0n0c/TdLJwklmEkI/AAAAAAAAALs/trNLlPCVE1g/s1600/springlamb%2B005.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mXHRA_f0n0c/TdLJwklmEkI/AAAAAAAAALs/trNLlPCVE1g/s320/springlamb%2B005.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607766322321953346" /></a><br /><br />The last photo is dedicated to my friend and fellow shepherd, Laurie Ball-Gish. She is the source of my starter flock. This is Liz, one of my foundation girls. Liz is five years old this spring and is such a breathtakingly beautiful sheep both inside and out. We are great friends and her lambs have inherited her sweet, calm temperament and fleece quality. I just love these sheep . . . . they give us such joy. Happy shepherding everyone!<br /><br />Buy local . . . . . eat wellKilby Ridge Farmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16695213447145806141noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7153458480365783859.post-19459447261998003112011-04-28T09:29:00.001-07:002011-04-28T10:21:02.224-07:00Lambing Update/Lambing Recap for 2011 ~ April 28th<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ARYEs91dW-s/Tbme8es1ynI/AAAAAAAAALE/lgnwwpDYxvs/s1600/helen%2B002.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ARYEs91dW-s/Tbme8es1ynI/AAAAAAAAALE/lgnwwpDYxvs/s320/helen%2B002.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5600682373482400370" /></a><br />At around 11:00 am this morning, Helen gave birth to two huge ram lambs weighing around 9 lbs each. Helen is the mother of my ram, Lenny and I was hoping that she would give birth to another Moorit mouflon lamb just like him. My prayers were answered. The other lamb is pure white with no pheomelanin . . . . he looks alot like his grandsire ~ Noison.<br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-pkSbo1uScbY/TbmfD7Vw0bI/AAAAAAAAALM/HyqfWd5ARlQ/s1600/helen%2B001.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-pkSbo1uScbY/TbmfD7Vw0bI/AAAAAAAAALM/HyqfWd5ARlQ/s320/helen%2B001.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5600682501429318066" /></a><br /><br />Tuesday morning, I found Sammi with her newborn 7 lb moorit/grey ewe lamb. This is Woden's only girl this year (we have had almost 75% ram lambs born this year!!!). I will be keeping her.<br /><br /><strong>Lambing Results for 2011:</strong><br /><br />Here is our breakdown of lambs this year and what is available. Please note I am only selling the BEST of my ram lambs for breeding stock. This year I have 5 awesome ram lambs for sale. The rest will be sold for my meat customers.<br /><br /><strong>Lenny (FKR 10W):</strong><br /><br />Pepper: 3/29, <em>1 Ram (Available for breeding)</em><br />Liz: 3/29, <em>2 Rams (One Black/Grey Ram Available for breeding)</em><br />Fang: 4/13, <em>2 Ewes (One available)</em><br />Sarabella: 4/15, <em>2 Rams</em><br />Pumpkin: 3/26, <em>1 Ram and 1 Ewe (Ram is available for breeding)</em><br />Tolkie: 3/27, <em>2 Ewes (One ewe available)</em><br />Elena: 4/14, <em>2 Rams (one assist - head only presentation)</em><br />Manon: 4/2, <em>1 Ram (assist, backward presentation)</em><br />Pip: 4/15, <em>2 Ewes</em><br /><br /><br /><strong>Hun (FKR 21W):</strong> <br /><br />Saltie: 3/31, <em>1 Ewe and 1 Ram (Ram is available for breeding)</em><br />Helena: 4/6, <em>1 Ewe and 1 Ram (Ewe is Available)</em><br />Snugs: 4/16, <em>1 Ewe and 1 Ram (assist for ram lamb, backward presentation)</em>Ayn: 4/11, <em>1 Ram (Ram is available for breeding)</em><br />Penny: 4/4, <em>1 Ram</em><br />Spike: 3/27, <em>1 Ewe (assist - pull as big single, normal presentation)</em>Saltina: 4/5, <em>1 Ram</em><br />Lil' Snugs: 4/9, <em>(Both ewes are available)</em><br /><br /><br /><strong>Woden (LF 458X):</strong><br /><br />Helen: 4/28, <em>2 Rams (One Moorit Mouflon Ram available for breeding)</em><br />Panda: 4/15, <em>1 Ram</em><br />Co-Co: 4/14, <em>2 Rams</em><br />Bee-Bee: 4/14, <em>Full term stillborn, large ewe lamb single</em><br />Sammi: 4/26, <em>1 Ewe</em><br />Hunnie: 4/13, <em>2 Rams</em><br /><br />We are so pleased with the quality of our lambs this year. Our lambing was nearly 100% successful. Most importantly, all of our ewes were bred this year and out of 37 lambs we only had one stillborn. Our lambs were very large as our hay quality was very high. I think this may be the reason for the four assisted births. Look forward to some lamb photo's and even video in future posts!<br /><br />Please let me know if you would like me to reserve either a breeding ewe or ram lamb. The best way to contact me is by phone at (207)726-4765.<br /><br />Buy local . . . . . eat well . . . . . .Kilby Ridge Farmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16695213447145806141noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7153458480365783859.post-26164030381584840232011-04-19T12:14:00.000-07:002011-04-19T13:36:21.359-07:00Lamb Update ~ April 19th<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-VGHuQ7v8hnc/Ta3h8uJhU9I/AAAAAAAAAKE/29MnpdmaZ2s/s1600/coco%2B002.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-VGHuQ7v8hnc/Ta3h8uJhU9I/AAAAAAAAAKE/29MnpdmaZ2s/s320/coco%2B002.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5597378345187759058" /></a><br /><br />Co Co gave birth just how it should be done - in the sunshine and on pasture on April 13. Both are beautiful boys who weighed about 6 1/2 pounds each. One black/grey mouflon and the other is a beautiful black/grey. This is the second set of twins by our new ram, Woden. <br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-98cKP_5lTiU/Ta3jVOejVZI/AAAAAAAAAKM/5NhnWJkxnNA/s1600/coco%2B003.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-98cKP_5lTiU/Ta3jVOejVZI/AAAAAAAAAKM/5NhnWJkxnNA/s320/coco%2B003.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5597379865694393746" /></a><br /><br />Fang gave birth on the evening of the 13th with two flashy black spotted ewe lambs. Both weighed about 6 pounds each. I am keeping one of these beauties. Fang has one of the finest fleeces in my flock and these two seem to have inherited her fleece quality.<br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-T-HoThRvpP0/Ta3k1Y2-K4I/AAAAAAAAAKU/EkYYjun4Tw0/s1600/coco%2B004.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-T-HoThRvpP0/Ta3k1Y2-K4I/AAAAAAAAAKU/EkYYjun4Tw0/s320/coco%2B004.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5597381517748611970" /></a><br /><br />Morning chore time on the 14th I found Elena with one of her newborn ram lambs. The second lamb was coming but was presented head only. I quickly intervened and carefully brought both feet and legs in position for a regular birth. Both boys weighed about 7 3/4 pounds . . . which is big for Elena. Hoping for ewes this year as Elena has given me four sets of twin ram lambs for the past four years. These should grow to have a classic meat conformation. One moorit/grey ram and one solid moorit.<br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LZaHIdU1jE8/Ta3wa6pWgOI/AAAAAAAAAKc/pzlODp5oXpI/s1600/sarabella%2B001.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LZaHIdU1jE8/Ta3wa6pWgOI/AAAAAAAAAKc/pzlODp5oXpI/s320/sarabella%2B001.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5597394257101357282" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-aM-oBYUk6Is/Ta3wupeRxbI/AAAAAAAAAKk/mSRFUDs3D2I/s1600/sarabella%2B008.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-aM-oBYUk6Is/Ta3wupeRxbI/AAAAAAAAAKk/mSRFUDs3D2I/s320/sarabella%2B008.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5597394596088890802" /></a><br /><br /><br />Evening lamb check on April 15th had Sarabella and Panda standing out in my lambing paddock with their lambs at their sides - up and nursing. I decided to leave them with mom and moved them to separate lamb jugs in the morning. Sarabella gave birth to two well built chunky ram lambs who weighed about 8 pounds and Panda gave birth to a gorgeous solid black ram lamb who weighed about 6 pounds. All three ram lambs are available.<br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-LuZ_wk3Io0g/Ta3w_iGwr6I/AAAAAAAAAKs/yoPRE8KqCTs/s1600/sarabella%2B002.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-LuZ_wk3Io0g/Ta3w_iGwr6I/AAAAAAAAAKs/yoPRE8KqCTs/s320/sarabella%2B002.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5597394886168981410" /></a><br /><br /><br />Snugs showed labor signs on the morning of April 16th. I don't know why but I had been worried about her pregnancy. We were expecting triplets as she was so huge and her udder was massive this year. As the day progressed Snugs grew more and more restless and finally started to push in the afternoon. The labor was not progressing well so I had Mark hold her while I examined her. It was a backwards birth and I knew that I had to pull the lamb immediately as I saw meconium in the amniotic fluid. <br /><br />I pulled the lamb and it came out fine until I reached the shoulder area and then it appeared to be stuck. I was frantic as I knew the lamb would begin to breath any second and sure enough it was struggling in my hands. I followed the neck of the lamb and when I finally made it up and inside where the head was - I realized the problem was the lamb's HUGE horn buds were caught on the pelvic bones and the cervix. Instinctively, I covered the horns with my hand pushed down and pulled the head through the birth canal. The lamb was floppy, limp, eyes half closed, tongue hanging out . . . . I thought it was dead. I cleared out as much of the fluid around the mouth as I could and placed him in front of Snugs. <br /><br />She began to clean him off and within two minutes his body began to shake and spasm and he began to revive. Snugs ram lamb is so beautiful and big - nearly 10 pounds! His sister was born shortly afterwards ~ a gorgeous black badgerface who weighed only 5 pounds. Both of these gorgeous lambs are available.<br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Xa_zY3cvX-0/Ta3x13cWHzI/AAAAAAAAAK8/pkxcGMCyKnE/s1600/sarabella%2B007.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Xa_zY3cvX-0/Ta3x13cWHzI/AAAAAAAAAK8/pkxcGMCyKnE/s320/sarabella%2B007.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5597395819609595698" /></a><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-L6WuVtEKmq4/Ta3xfmz2ElI/AAAAAAAAAK0/xwHFhKoLsr8/s1600/sarabella%2B005.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-L6WuVtEKmq4/Ta3xfmz2ElI/AAAAAAAAAK0/xwHFhKoLsr8/s320/sarabella%2B005.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5597395437187633746" /></a><br /><br />That evening on April 16th, I heard Pip calling to her babies. Oh, what beauties they are too. . . two ewe lambs. A moorit/grey mouflon badgerface and a light moorit spot. Both weighed about 7 pounds. I am keeping both of these girls.<br /><br />Only two more ewes left to lamb . . . . . then I can sleep again:)<br /><br />Buy local . . . . . eat well . . . . . . .Kilby Ridge Farmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16695213447145806141noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7153458480365783859.post-20512709208887474362011-04-13T07:27:00.000-07:002011-04-13T09:30:56.283-07:00Lambing Update ~ April 13<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7o7tydNi640/TaW1uw7WBPI/AAAAAAAAAJk/R3dJ0iJuhAg/s1600/hunnie%2B003.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7o7tydNi640/TaW1uw7WBPI/AAAAAAAAAJk/R3dJ0iJuhAg/s320/hunnie%2B003.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595077927090128114" /></a><br />Our first lambs out of Woden . . . . and our first lambs out of Hunnie. Such beauties. Both appear to be black/grey badgerfaces. I did not get close enough to see if they are rams or ewes when I took the photo (they look like twin ewes). I watched the birth of both through our kitchen window. <br /><br />If twin ewes - I am keeping one. Hunnie has such a sweet disposition. Her brother is our beautiful ram ~ Hun who is also very easygoing and has a gorgeous conformation. One ewe or ram lamb is available.<br /><br /><em>Update: Both lambs are gorgeous boys and are available (Noi, Flotti, Liefer, Lodi, Peli, Aboti, Hunn and Ari genetics behind them).</em>Kilby Ridge Farmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16695213447145806141noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7153458480365783859.post-7743394651901363672011-04-11T11:59:00.000-07:002011-04-11T12:10:09.773-07:00Lambing Update ~ April 11<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-oTujLLWS6t4/TaNQkMs2ZTI/AAAAAAAAAJU/IOfIlbnDUOM/s1600/Ayn%2B003.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-oTujLLWS6t4/TaNQkMs2ZTI/AAAAAAAAAJU/IOfIlbnDUOM/s320/Ayn%2B003.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5594403744939140402" /></a><br /><br />On the evening of April 9th, Lil' Snugs was found with one gorgeous black mouflon ewe lamb in the barn. The white ewe was out of the barn and calling for momma. After a chase in the dark I finally coralled everyone into a waiting lambing jug. Both pretty ewe lambs weighed about 6 pounds. Both are available.<br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-hRzISPaLhd8/TaNQxQPZkiI/AAAAAAAAAJc/9PTDqb1_qqE/s1600/Ayn%2B001.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-hRzISPaLhd8/TaNQxQPZkiI/AAAAAAAAAJc/9PTDqb1_qqE/s320/Ayn%2B001.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5594403969227657762" /></a><br /><br />This morning, I walked out to do chores in the rain to fine Ayn had just given birth to a HUGE black mouflon ram lamb. He weighed nearly 11 pounds! Check out his huge horn buds His back hoof was injured and it needed to be splinted. I think his hoof got caught and strained during the birth process. This is Ayn's first lamb and I am so glad she was able to give birth to this big boy unassisted. This ram is available.Kilby Ridge Farmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16695213447145806141noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7153458480365783859.post-58317120032412118632011-04-07T05:21:00.000-07:002011-04-07T05:51:14.386-07:00Lamb Update ~ April 6<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-QoydZYr_hDI/TZ2xpP6O_XI/AAAAAAAAAJM/rkPXmiYEGoQ/s1600/helena%2B002.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-QoydZYr_hDI/TZ2xpP6O_XI/AAAAAAAAAJM/rkPXmiYEGoQ/s320/helena%2B002.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5592821634467560818" /></a><br /><br />The birth that I have been very anxious about took place sometime between 6pm and 8pm last night. Helena developed a vaginal prolapse a few weeks ago and had to have it stitched into place by our vet. I cut the sutures on Sunday ~ a little too soon but she was okay and did not prolapse again. This birth was a case of "go with your instinct and not the textbook". Helena had her water bag out for several hours yesterday and since she was not distressed and having contractions I decided to wait and see what would happen. My lambing guide says a baby should be born from 30-45 minutes after the waterbag presents . . . .If not, then there is probably a malpresentation. Nope . . . . not in this case. Helena just decided to go easy and take her time having her lambs. <br /><br />Her current prolapse is due to an extremely difficult birth two years ago when she was a ewe lamb. Her lamb Bee-Bee was huge and became stuck overnight. By morning when Helena was checked the lamb's head was swollen and sticking out. Helena had tried so hard to give birth, she had begun to prolapse. I managed to pull Bee-Bee out - it was a miracle that Bee-Bee survived! Helena's prolapse healed but it recurred this year. <br /><br />I was thinking about culling her in the fall but decided last night not too. She gave birth to two of the prettiest lambs this year. An 8 pound ram lamb with HUGE horn buds and a moorit spotted 8 1/2 pound ewe lamb. Her spots are on the leg so you can't see them in the photo. I am thinking about keeping the ewe but the boy is for sale. Both have beautiful conformations and will be finely fleeced (Helena is a Noi granddaughter).Kilby Ridge Farmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16695213447145806141noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7153458480365783859.post-17407757917005823342011-04-05T05:46:00.000-07:002011-04-05T06:16:43.922-07:00Lamb Update 4/5Manon had a very large single black/grey mouflon ram lamb ~ he weighed close to 8 pounds and came out back feet first. This was a tricky pull as I had to do it super fast because the umbilical cord would be pinched causing a "gasp" reflex in the lamb. Some lambs drown and die immediately when this happens. To complicate matters the hocks of the lamb were locked and needed to be straighted. Since Manon has "always" given us twins, I became concerned that there was another one stuck. I caught our vet just leaving her office and she came over to give Manon an internal check just to be sure. Nope - this year she gave us just one big single. I needed penicillin anyway and I was out of lubricant so it was a good thing that she was able to stop by and help out . . . . . Thanks so much Dr. Church!<br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1V6m08xmjq0/TZsSHQBaYuI/AAAAAAAAAI0/SWtY7GQByrE/s1600/manon%2B001.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1V6m08xmjq0/TZsSHQBaYuI/AAAAAAAAAI0/SWtY7GQByrE/s320/manon%2B001.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5592083278079877858" /></a><br />Yesterday evening during lamb check, Mark woke me up to say that there was a lamb in the paddock but it was too dark to see who it was. I went out and saw that the lamb was up and nursing and Penny was the mom. Penny is a grandaughter of NMI famous ram "Tolkis". This was her first lamb but since she was doing well and all the other pregnant ewes were sleeping in the barn - we decided to wait until morning to move her and her lamb into the lambing jug. She gave birth to a beautiful 6 1/2 pound black mouflon ram lamb with huge horn buds.<br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-v9rhkjMbHt0/TZsUoCmLfZI/AAAAAAAAAI8/3z1PV5YaRfA/s1600/manon%2B004.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-v9rhkjMbHt0/TZsUoCmLfZI/AAAAAAAAAI8/3z1PV5YaRfA/s320/manon%2B004.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5592086040434933138" /></a><br />This morning at lamb check Saltina had just given birth to a beautiful black/grey badgerface ram. He was up and nursing and weighed about 7 pounds. His dad is Hun - who has been giving us some beautiful lambs this year. All three ram lambs are available for sale. <br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-xTDAO9LS9AI/TZsVtriTNnI/AAAAAAAAAJE/UQQTNFVnE08/s1600/manon%2B002.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-xTDAO9LS9AI/TZsVtriTNnI/AAAAAAAAAJE/UQQTNFVnE08/s320/manon%2B002.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5592087236835489394" /></a><br /><br />Buy local . . . . . Eat well . . . . .Kilby Ridge Farmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16695213447145806141noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7153458480365783859.post-36085957808196210052011-04-03T06:44:00.000-07:002011-04-03T06:46:46.586-07:00We Made The News!!!!On Thursday the Bangor Daily News came out to do a story on our farm. Here is the link to the article:<br /><br />http://new.bangordailynews.com/2011/04/01/news/making-maine-home-urban-professionals-carve-out-a-farming-life/<br /><br />Thanks so much, Sharon for the great article . . . . the photo's were wonderful . . . <br /><br />Buy local . . . .Eat well . . . .Kilby Ridge Farmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16695213447145806141noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7153458480365783859.post-16435743687973564732011-04-01T09:30:00.000-07:002011-04-01T09:38:36.473-07:00Lamb Update 3/31<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-OBWCr_LVj8Y/TZX_bkTei4I/AAAAAAAAAIs/t7lTm49q7EE/s1600/saltie%2B001.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-OBWCr_LVj8Y/TZX_bkTei4I/AAAAAAAAAIs/t7lTm49q7EE/s320/saltie%2B001.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5590655361517259650" /></a><br />Saltie gave birth in the middle of my barn paddock early yesterday morning to twins just as the sun was coming up. Lambs were up and nursing in minutes even though it was in the mid-20's. The boy is a very splashy and cute moorit spot and the girl is a black badgerface. Both are very long-bodied like mom and are available for sale.<br /><br />Buy local . . . . eat well . . . . .Kilby Ridge Farmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16695213447145806141noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7153458480365783859.post-31904450498193628662011-03-30T13:49:00.000-07:002011-03-30T15:07:19.269-07:00Icelandic Lamb Skins<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-UP4nc9dklcQ/TZOZvtYXbhI/AAAAAAAAAIc/vhL24W9XyVk/s1600/skins%2B001.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-UP4nc9dklcQ/TZOZvtYXbhI/AAAAAAAAAIc/vhL24W9XyVk/s320/skins%2B001.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589980607411613202" /></a><br /><br />Our lamb skins came back from the tanner last week and have only now had to chance to put them up on the blog. I have four lamb skins available. All are machine washable (directions will be included with each lambskin). They are beautiful with very long and fine tog (like mohair) and a very warm soft inner coat (thel) which feels like cashmere. two are the color of moorit/grey mouflon (wonderful light smoke grey with caramel tips). The other two are moorit mouflon (cocoa with caramel tips). These are great used as throws and rugs. Some people even sew them together to make a very luxurious and warm coverlet. Please e-mail or phone if you have any questions. Price for these beauties is $165.00 each plus shipping and handling. All Maine state residents are required to pay 5% sales tax.<br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-g1ySm0E975Q/TZOZ-UcdCiI/AAAAAAAAAIk/Q25mmA_LyH4/s1600/skins%2B002.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-g1ySm0E975Q/TZOZ-UcdCiI/AAAAAAAAAIk/Q25mmA_LyH4/s320/skins%2B002.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589980858415909410" /></a><br /><br />Buy Local . . . . Eat Well . . . .Kilby Ridge Farmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16695213447145806141noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7153458480365783859.post-41095276014332704852011-03-30T08:06:00.000-07:002011-03-30T11:46:05.527-07:00Lamb Update ~ March 30thWoke up yesterday and looked out my bedroom window and saw a newborn lamb by himself staggering around the pasture. I ran out to the barn to find Liz licking off her second lamb. The first had wandered outside the barn. This year our lambs have been very vigorous . . . . up only a few minutes after birth. I am so glad I moved all the girls into the nearest paddock to the house to keep an eye on everything. After saving Liz's wayward baby I put both into a lambing jug immediately. The first lamb was chilled and I needed to get more colostrum in him to warm him up. A few minutes later, I noticed that the babies were just standing at Liz's side and not nursing. I had to strip the teats to get the milk flowing. Liz had a slight case of mastitis last year ~ my fault as I left her ewe lambs with her too long and they damaged the udder and caused mastitis when they got too big to nurse. Her udder had grown huge over the last few weeks and I was afraid that her mastitis was back and she would have no milk . . . . not the case as both sides of the udder were producing loads of milk. I finally got the babies to nurse and they were up and bouncing around later in the day. Liz had a gorgeous 8 pound black/grey lamb ram and a 6 pound moorit mouflon ram lamb. Both are available for sale.<br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-effky0awNjs/TZNN8ixPU1I/AAAAAAAAAH8/W7fdoppEIdc/s1600/Liz%2B003.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-effky0awNjs/TZNN8ixPU1I/AAAAAAAAAH8/W7fdoppEIdc/s320/Liz%2B003.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589897265017738066" /></a><br /><br /><br />By mid-morning I noticed Pepper had separated herself from the flock and saw her as she ran to the barn . . . . I knew it was her time and because she has been such an easy lamber and Pumpkin's daughter, I knew that I should just give her some privacy and go check on her a few hours later. Imagine my surprise when I went out to the barn two hours later to see her in the final stage of labor as she was finally pushing out the largest lamb ever born on our farm. He was a whopping 12.5 pound black spotted ram lamb! He has both Liefer and Ari leader genetics behind him as well as Noi and Peli. Such a great combination. This big boy is for sale.<br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7qgNnN2Y4U8/TZNOHUYtHlI/AAAAAAAAAIE/QhE3RAkQ9aQ/s1600/Liz%2B002.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7qgNnN2Y4U8/TZNOHUYtHlI/AAAAAAAAAIE/QhE3RAkQ9aQ/s320/Liz%2B002.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589897450135297618" /></a>Kilby Ridge Farmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16695213447145806141noreply@blogger.com0